Saw holder



7 Aug. 12, 1930. c. E.-IBROWN.

SAW HOLDER Filed July 21, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WW I a A) rney 7 Aug 12, 1930.

c. E. BROWN SAW HOLDER Filed July 21; 1925 2 Shuts-Sheet. 2

C/ouae f Brawn CLAUDE E. BROWN,. OF SANTA AN A, CALIFORNIA sew HOLDER 3 Application med n11' 21,

This invention has to do; with asaw holder and it is a general object of the inventionto provide a saw holder which is simple, effective and easilyoperated. Q i

The device provided by thisinvention is useful, generallyfor holding saws while they are being filed. It is particularly useful, however, in holding'jbandi saws,.so therefore, I

will throughout' this description referto this particular type f-saw, it being understood that such reference isfnottobe construedas restricting the use ofthe deviceto this or any other particulartype ofsaw, M

An object ofth's invention is to provide a device which effectively holds a saw whlle 1t is beingfiled andis operable to advance'or feed the saw asthe'filing progresses,

Another object of this'invention is-to pro- 7 vide improvements in arrangement and construction of parts. for devices of this general character.

j A further objectfof this invention isto provide a saw holderin which a saw can beev'enly and quickly filedfl 3 i r t The various'objects and features ofiny invention will be best and more fully understood from the j following detailet l' description ofa typical preferred form of the'invention throughout which description"; reference is had to "the accompanying drawings in Fig.1 is an endel'evation of the deviceeme bodying the invention showing thef saw advancine' means engaging the saw, tomove it. Fig. 2 is a-vert'ical transverse sectional view of'the device. i

Fig.3 is a plan view of'the device. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe device showinn: it in its normal position, i

Fig. 3A is a viewesimilar to a portion of Fil l showinq another form of construction.

Fig.5 is a view similar to "Fig. 4 showing the device completely actuated, and

c Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view taken as indicated by line 6 -6 (m Fig. 2.

The device providedbv this-invention includes, generally.- 'a saw-holdingclamp 10, means 11 normally 'yieldinglv Operating the clamp so that it normally grips and holds a saw arrangedin it; means 512 i forguiding the I ing the jaws of theclamp to hold a saw, or the 925. Serial No. 45,021.

move the saw while it is released. The saw holdlng clamp comprises two arms 16 and 17 pivotally connected together .at

"their lower ends by a pivotbolt18 andprovided'at their upper endswith cooperating saw engaging jaws 19. In the particular v form of construction shown in the drawings" the arm 16 is, provided at its lower end with a downwardly extending extension 20 by which the device may be heldin a vise, or the like, or may be mounted. on a suitable support. The lower end of the arm 17 extends between 5- spaced lugs 21 provided on. the lowerendof the arm 16. The pin 18 extends through the lower end of the arm 17 and thelugs 21. The jaws 19 have flat parallel saw engaging faces 23 andmay be finishedso that their top faces 24 are fiat and coplanar; A I The meansll operates to normally yieldinglyurge or hold the arms together'oauslike, arranged between them, this means includes a stud 25 projecting from one armfreely'through an opening26 in the other armj and carry ng a spring 27 In thearrangek mentxshown in the drawings the stud 2 5isi carried by and projects fromthe innersideof 0 the arm 16 through an opening 26 in the arm 17. The spring 27, which is a compression spring, is arranged on the part of the stud which projects from the arm 17 and is confined between the outer side of the arm 17 and a washer 28 carriedon the stud. The wash er 28 is held or retained: on the stud by a nut,

for instance, a wing nut 29 screw threaded on the projecting end. portion of the stud.

With this construction the spring when -under compression yieldingly urges the arms together causing the aws to grlp the saw arranged between them. The wing nut 29pmvides, adjustability in the means 11 as the pressure or force with which" the arms are urged together may beadjusted or regulated by "varying the position ofthe wing nuton thestud. I For instance, by screwing the wing --nutinwardly on the stud the compression strain coming on'the'spring is increased thus on that correspondingly pitched tee'tih otthe severalparts be arranged in register. I

The means 12 provided for guiding these-w art or parts, as the case may be,n1 thefl aws 15 includes a rest adjustably carried "by one of the .arnis end provided with horizontal parts which extend across the end portions of 19 in the manner clearly illnstratezil t roughout the drawings. In accordance .20 with, the preferred form of my invention the horizontal rest parts 30 are formed on or extend-from a. common body 31 which engages the outer "sidegof one of the arms. for inm le, the arm s. The body 31 is adjust-ably '25 connected with thearm 16 by av stud 32 pro-- from the arm through an elongate slot 33in the body and a nut. for instance a wingnutfitdapplied to the'outer part of the stud to clamp the body to the arm to hold 80 it in the desired position. In accordance with my invention the-studs :rnd 32 are termed of a single red or bar arranged through .the arm 16 so .thatene end Projects toward thearm 17 to form a stud 25; while 35 the other end projects outwardly from. the arm 17 to form the stud 82. The rod forming the studs 25 and 32may be screw threaded into the'arm 16 and maybe set in position by n-nnt34 screw threaded ontoitito clamp against the inner side of the erm16. The guide means 12 may further include a retainer 35 adapted to extend across oigoverthe saw quits arranged in the jaws to holdthemin the jaws and in proper relation to the hori- 5 zontal rest parts This retainer whieh e5:-

tends -horinontally across the 'saw parts is preferably located atone end of the jaws. for instance, the end of the aws through which the sow parts enter whenthe devjceis; oper- .60 ated @as hereinafter described.- The retainer.

ieearried on a vertically disposed stem 36 slidably earriedinra lng37 projecting from 'one and ofithenrm 17. set screw carried by the'lug to set. the stem in position =65 the lug. .W ith this construction (the 'retainer can beedjusted vertically to vthe desired position .by sliding the stem longitudinally inthe lug and-can be rotated into .B'Hd out of operative position by rotation of J0 stem inthelug. w

'The -means14 provided by-myrindention ion-releasing the jaws i 19 {to allow movement 'otf'bhe saw parts 'bet'ween them ii'icludessn ca'm disc 40 rotatdhly carried at tlievinne'r side "i 'of one ofthe hrms'aind'axpwrt 41 which project when a round bearing part 46. The outer fiiee47 oi the disc is provided with a plurality of radially disposed grooves or depresslons" 48. The projecting part 41 carried by the arm 16 is located to engage the disc 40 "neii'r its periphery and is adapted to fit or extend thedepressions when the vise is jn normal working position. In the pre- .;ferredjform of my invention the projecting part 11 is in the form. of a ball carried in-a socket 149 provided intheinn'er side of "the arm. 16 so that it is rotatable and projects frfomthe inner side of the arm. When the K111504018 in positionwhere the projection extends in-toone of the depressions 48 the armslfiand 17 are. held together by the notion of the spring 11 toclamp the saw parts S between the jaw parts 19. However, when the disc is rotated --tram this; position to a position wherethe projection engages the peteriaeeffi' of the disc and mtil the'projectien enters another depression the projection and disccoopemte to spread the arms 16 "and. 17so-thattheidws 19. release the saw port's Itwill be 0 vious thatthe amount thetthe -armsare moved or spread by this action will depend upon the depth of the depressionsfi in the f808'fOf*thC disc. In order to adjust or; set the device to operate with the jaws spaced various distances; apart, for

instance, as aced to accommodate various ,nnmberst'o saw parts, I provide means for adjusting amount thevprojectingpart 41 extends from the inner sideof the arm 16. This means-may include'en-adjusting screw .Olearried 'bythe arm 16 to extend into the bottom of the socket 49 so that it is operable to force-or hold thc hall 'in'positions where it projects various amounts from the arm 16.

The screw 50may=beprovided with a locking means in the form of a wing nut 51. To accomplish the desired rotation of the disc'40 in orderto earusethe operation just described a lever 52 is rotatably mounted-on thebearing part 46, at the outer end of the trunnion projecting from the disc, and a pawl and ratchet connection is provided between the lever and disc. FThis pawl andratchet mechanism may include a. ratchet wheel 53 mountedon the square part45 of the trunnion so that it is fixed againetretation with reference to the 1 disc and apaw-l 54 carried .bythe lever '52 to TOWme"Wl iil1 the teeth 55 0f the ratchet wheel; 1 pawl't i may be pivotally con meted to the ilevervb. a pin 56 and may be :uermatPyyieMi'nglyeldin position to-eovice, a carrier 71' for'the gripping part The carrier 71 includes a cam shaped arm With this construction thedisc willberotated by swinging. or oscillating the lever from a position such as is shown in Fig. 4to

one such as is shown in Fig. 5. Upon re turn of the lever from the position-shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 4 thepawlratchets over the teethof theratchet wheel so that the disc is not-operated. In the preferred relationing 'and'proportioning of" parts one operation of thelever causes the discs tof be rotated a distance corresponding"to the spac'e between adjacent depressions so that a disc rotates to move one depression out of register with the projection 41 and bringan adj acent projection into register with it. During the operation the projection rides on the face 47 of the disc causing the arms 16 and- 17 to be held apart. Means is preferably provided'for returning the lever to the position shown in Fig. 4which means may'im elude a tension spring: arranged between the lever and a relatively fixed part, for instance,- the set screw 38. Further, it is desirable to provide'means for positively preventing counter rotation of the discwhen the lever is being returned to a normal position which means may include a pawl 61 mounted on the'arm 17 bya pivot pin 62'and normally held in cooperative engagement with the ratchet wheelby spring 63.. The pawl 61 faces in the opposite direction to the pawl 54 therefore'preventsbacking up of the ratchet wheel and yetallows it to rotate freely in the desired direction. Y 1

' The means 15 provided by this invention includes a gripping part adapted to engage or grip the saw parts carried by the deadapted to carry it horizontally a-ndiparallel to the saw parts and an operating connection between the lever 52 and carrier 71 whereby the carrier operatesto' cause movement of the saw. parts through the gripping pa-rt while the saw partsare released by'the jaws.

74, a bearing part 7 5 atone of the arms and a head 76 at the other end of the arm. "The bearing is slidablycarried on' a round guide shaft 78' projecting horizontally-from" the arm 17 in the direction in which the: saw parts. are fed between the j aws. .The'shaft- 78 slidably carries the bearingpart 75 of the carrier. 7 The grippingpart'iO hasa'round inner 'end 7 9 carried ina roundopening in the head 7 6'; and a polygonal, for] instance, triangular projecting part, set so that oneof its corners will engage or mesh in the teethof the saw parts. The gripping'partwhen, arranged in the desired rotative position is set by a set screw 80 carried .bythe head ,76. A spring is arrangedinEconnectionawith the carrier to urgeit inwardly or toward the arm 17 and to normallyyieldingly tend to turn it c in the direction indicated by the arrow ,A in

Fig-.1 so1thatthe gripping part 35 engages the teethbf the saw parts. The spring orderbto accomplish this functionmaybe connected between a fixed part, for instance, a lug 92 011 the -armw17 and anioflset point on r,

the carrier, for instance, to a lug 94 project ing from the arm 74 of the carrier. The carrier has a normal or unactuated position in which the part 70 is out of engagement with the saw. A spring opposes the spring190 to hold the carrier in the normal position.

The desired operative connection may be established betweenthe lever 52 and carrier by providing the lever with a horizontal transverse extension or projection '96 to .cooperate with the cam like side 97 of the carrier arm 74. When the lever 52 is operated the projection 96 and side 97 of the:carrier cooperateso that the carrier is first turned or swung from the normal position into engagement with the saw teeth, as shown throughout the drawings, and is then moved along the shaft 78 to advance the saw. a The arm 74 and projection7 9 are related and proportioned so that they do notcooperateto move the carrieruntil the. arms 16 and 17 have been spreadby the action of the disc and projection 41 and sothat they cooperate to hold the part 35 in engagement withvlth'e saw and. move the carrier outwardly' from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shownin Fig. 5 upon complete operation of thelever from the position shown in Fig.14t0lthat shown in Fig. 5.. When the lev'er has been operated to theposition shown in Fig.v 5 and when released it is returned by the spring? 60 andthe carrier is returned by the spring. 90. A spring 100 maybe provided to engage the carrier to normally hold it in the unactuated position where it isfclear otthe saw. The,

spring 100 turns at the end; ofits movement tolift the part 70 out of engagement with the saw so that the part 70 does not engagethe saw teeth as the parts are returned. Upon the lever being actuated the forced engagementof the part 70 with the teeth holds the .part against theteeth, and upon the lever completing its movement the spring 100 over- 0 es the action of the spring 90 and rele a se V a the part 70. V A 1 a The action just 7 described may be obtained by other means, for instance, it may beobare not used, buta single,spr-ing'zQO is con engaging thisarm turns it in theldirection indicated by arrow A against the resistance offspring QOFcausing the part 70 to engage the saw teeth.

Means may beprovided for-offering some tained by the construction shown in Fig. 3A. i In this construction thesprings 90 andlQO p i nected to a lug 90 extendingydownwardly thatmay appear to those skilled in nesistanee to movement of the saw parts so that they d'o-not accidentally move when released. ThSl'S meansmay include a pressure foot or spring 1O5Jmounted to was; against the saw parts asshown in the rawings.

Means may be provided to adjust the stroke ormo'vement of the arm 74 to suit the spacing of the saw teeth. Thismeans may include a stop screw carried by the arm 74 to engage. the sideofthe iii-111,17. j

In the Operation of the device the arms are moved touborut the desired spaced relation by operltion 'of theserew 50 whereupon the saw part or parts, as the case may be, are armnged betweenithe jaws, the guide means set and thesorew wadjustcd to accurately function with the particular spacing oi: the arms 'occuning'whenthe saw parts are in place between theajaws. With the saw parts thus set in theadevic'e and the gripping part 35 set to rly engage the saw teeth the device is l fxfl'ibperation. The operator files the teeth of the sawparts where hold firmly by the 19 M111 when it is desired to advance the saw rts he operates the lever 52 from 'dh positl'on shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 5. This operation first releases the jaws so thatthe saw parts can be moved and then Mseslnovement of thecarrier so that the new More slid between the jaws bringing itdll'tb position at the jaw teeth which have "now-been fl led. When the lever reaches the when shownin Fig. 5 the jaws are again se'tto hold the saw parts so that the lever cmbe released and returned to the position ithi'ch is shown in Fig. 4, and the carrier rellimed to its normal posit-ion ready for anodxeroperation. Having described only a typical preferred "fdrm o fmy invention 1 don'ot wish to limit In If 'to like specific details set 'forth but Juli ta rosarve'to myself any changes oi vathe art-0r *fhliwithin the scope of the followclaims. l a v r I a 'fg described my invention, I claim: 1. 2L device of the character described inflaaing a saw hdllingclam having jaws ly clamping the saw, means for releasin the jaws, comprising a project-ionson Web the jaws and a cam part on the other cooperating with the projection, means advancing Fthe s'aw, and a single means we toildtlutite the releasing means and savanci'ug meaus. l y

de'vic'e o'f hecharaoter described ina saw' libldin g filamp having jaws fldflmdllymlampi'ng thejsaw, means for releasing tlm jaWs-, oonrprising a projection on 'ummt the'jaws and a "eam disc rotatably car theother jaw tocoopcra'te with the wpmjectiom'means an advancing the saw, and I lemcans opemble'to actuate the releasing means and the advancing means.

3 m3. A devticeof the character described ineluding a saw holding clamp having jaws normally clamping'the saw, means for releasin the jaws, comprising a projection adjustab y carried by one jaw and a camdisc rotatably carried by the other jaw, the disc havingran irregular face cooperating with the projection, means for advancing the saw, anda single means operable to actuate the releasin means and the advancing means. '4. A

evice of the character described including a saw holding clamp having jaws normally clamping the saw, means for releasing the jaws, comprisiirga disc rotatably carried by one jaw and having an irregular face and a ball carried by the other jaw to cooperate with the face, means for advancing the saw, and a single means operable to actuate the releasing means and the advancmgmeans. V j

5. A device of the character described including a saw holding clamp having jaws normally clamping the saw, means for re-- leasing the jaws, means'for advancing the saw, comprising a guide parallel with the saw, a saw engaging part slidabiy carried by the guide, and meanswhereby said partengages the saw when moved in one direction and is held out of engagement with the saw when moved in-the other direction, and a single means operable to actuate the releasing means and the advancing means.

6. A device of the character described including a saw holding clamp havingjaws normally clamping the saw, means for releasing the jaws including a cam disc rotatably carried by one of the jaws tocooperate with a part of theother jaw, means for advancing the saw, means operable to actuate the releasing means and the advancing means including an operating lever and a ratchet dnvebetween the operating lever and the cam disc.

" 7. A device of the character described including the saw'holding clamp havin jaws normally clamping the saw, means or releasing the jaws, means for advancing the saw including a member mounted for reciprocation and to engage the saw, and means cludin the sawholding clamp havin jaws norm ly clamping the saw, means or re rocati'on and to engage the saw, and means operabieto actuate the releasin means and advancing means including a Fever having a part engaging said'member tomove it into engagement with the saw and to move it so that it advances the saw iupon lever leasing' the jaws, means for advancing the i saw including amember mounted for reciping actuated in onefdirection, and means 7 whereby said member is held out 'of-engagement with the saw when moved in the other direction. 1 a i 9. A. device of the character described including the saw holding clamp havin jaws normally clamping the saw, means or re-- leasing the jaws, embodyinga cam member rotatably carried byone of the jaws, means for advancing the sawfembodyin a member mounted for reciprocation an normally held inpredetermined position, and means operable to actuate the releasing means and advancing means including an operatinglever, a ratchet driving connection between v the lever and cam member, and a part on the lever engaging the said member ,to move it out of said position andhold it in"engagement with the saw during said movement.

10. A device of the character described in:

eluding a saw holdingcl'amp having two jaws, means normally yieldingly urging the jaws together, saw'guidingmeans in connection with the jaws,means for releasing:

the jaws including" a projectionon oneof the jaws and a cam disc rotatably carried by the other aw having a face cooperating with the projection, :means for advancing the saw including a guide parallel with the saw,

a member slidably and rotatably carried by the guide, and spring: means whereby said member is normally in position to engage the I saw when at the inner end ofitsmovement and is normally out of engagement with the saw at the outer end of its movement, a pivoted operating lever, a ratchet drive connection between the operating lever and the cam a disc, and a part in connection with the lever engaging said member to move it from its in position toits out position and operating to hold it in engagement with the saw during said movement. I 7

11. A device of the character described including a saw-holding clamp havin jaws normally clampingrthef'sawfmeans or releasing the jaws, comprising a disc rotatably carried by one jaw and having anirregular face, a ball carried by thelotheril'aw to or operate with the 'face, and means, or adjust 7 ing the c'amrelativeto the jaw carryingit,

means for advancingsthe jaw,;and'a single means 'operable to actujatefthe releasing} means "and the advancin means. v In witness thatl' cla1m-the,foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 15th day of July, 1925; 

